nim-gdb.py fixes mostly for nimsuggest debugging (#16479)

These fixes were primarily developed to assist in nimsuggest debugging. There
is nothing intentionally specific done for nimsuggest, but beyond the automated
tests all practical testing was done with nimsuggest. Undoubltedly these will
also assist in other debugging scenarios.

The current nim-dbg.py script was broken in a few ways:
- failed to provide detailed value information for common types (see below)
- was not passing existing tests
- could not produce type summary information

Broken types now working somewhat better:
- sequences with ref types like strings
- sequences with value types like ints
- arrays with ref types like strings
- tables with int or string keys

Other improvements:
- slightly more test coverage

Future considerations:
- this, data used by it, should be something the compiler can generates
- account for different memory layouts ([arc/orc differ](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/pull/16479#issuecomment-751469536))

Attempts at improving nim-gdb.py

More tests, few fixes for seq and type printing

Tables debugging fixed added further tests

Fixed type printing

2 files changed, 63 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py b/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py
index f002941ec..5b34bcb3d 100644
--- a/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py
+++ b/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test.py
@@ -6,31 +6,47 @@ import gdb
 # frontends might still be broken.
 
 gdb.execute("source ../../../tools/nim-gdb.py")
-# debug all instances of the generic function `myDebug`, should be 8
+# debug all instances of the generic function `myDebug`, should be 14
 gdb.execute("rbreak myDebug")
 gdb.execute("run")
 
 outputs = [
   'meTwo',
+  '""',
   '"meTwo"',
   '{meOne, meThree}',
   'MyOtherEnum(1)',
   '5',
   'array = {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}',
+  'seq(0, 0)',
+  'seq(0, 10)',
+  'array = {"one", "two"}',
+  'seq(3, 3) = {1, 2, 3}',
   'seq(3, 3) = {"one", "two", "three"}',
-  'Table(3, 64) = {["two"] = 2, ["three"] = 3, ["one"] = 1}',
+  'Table(3, 64) = {[4] = "four", [5] = "five", [6] = "six"}',
+  'Table(3, 8) = {["two"] = 2, ["three"] = 3, ["one"] = 1}',
 ]
 
 for i, expected in enumerate(outputs):
+  gdb.write(f"{i+1}) expecting: {expected}: ", gdb.STDLOG)
+  gdb.flush()
+
   functionSymbol = gdb.selected_frame().block().function
   assert functionSymbol.line == 21
 
-  if i == 5:
+  if i == 6:
     # myArray is passed as pointer to int to myDebug. I look up myArray up in the stack
     gdb.execute("up")
-    output = str(gdb.parse_and_eval("myArray"))
+    raw = gdb.parse_and_eval("myArray")    
+  elif i == 9:
+    # myOtherArray is passed as pointer to int to myDebug. I look up myOtherArray up in the stack
+    gdb.execute("up")
+    raw = gdb.parse_and_eval("myOtherArray")
   else:
-    output = str(gdb.parse_and_eval("arg"))
+    raw = gdb.parse_and_eval("arg")
+
+  output = str(raw)
 
   assert output == expected, output + " != " + expected
+  gdb.write(f"passed\n", gdb.STDLOG)
   gdb.execute("continue")
diff --git a/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test_program.nim b/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test_program.nim
index 458435c1a..c376ef89a 100644
--- a/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test_program.nim
+++ b/tests/untestable/gdb/gdb_pretty_printer_test_program.nim
@@ -23,29 +23,56 @@ proc myDebug[T](arg: T): void =
 
 proc testProc(): void =
   var myEnum = meTwo
-  myDebug(myEnum)
+  myDebug(myEnum) #1
+  
+  # create a string, but don't allocate it
+  var myString: string
+  myDebug(myString) #2
+
   # create a string object but also make the NTI for MyEnum is generated
-  var myString = $myEnum
-  myDebug(myString)
+  myString = $myEnum
+  myDebug(myString) #3
+  
   var mySet = {meOne,meThree}
-  myDebug(mySet)
+  myDebug(mySet) #4
 
   # for MyOtherEnum there is no NTI. This tests the fallback for the pretty printer.
   var moEnum = moTwo
-  myDebug(moEnum)
+  myDebug(moEnum) #5
+
   var moSet = {moOne,moThree}
-  myDebug(moSet)
+  myDebug(moSet) #6
 
   let myArray = [1,2,3,4,5]
-  myDebug(myArray)
-  let mySeq   = @["one","two","three"]
-  myDebug(mySeq)
-
-  var myTable = initTable[string, int]()
-  myTable["one"] = 1
-  myTable["two"] = 2
-  myTable["three"] = 3
-  myDebug(myTable)
+  myDebug(myArray) #7
+
+  # implicitly initialized seq test
+  var mySeq: seq[string]
+  myDebug(mySeq) #8
+
+  # len not equal to capacity
+  let myOtherSeq = newSeqOfCap[string](10)
+  myDebug(myOtherSeq) #9
+
+  let myOtherArray = ["one","two"]
+  myDebug(myOtherArray) #10
+
+  # numeric sec
+  var mySeq3 = @[1,2,3]
+  myDebug(mySeq3) #11
+
+  # seq had to grow
+  var mySeq4 = @["one","two","three"]
+  myDebug(mySeq4) #12
+
+  var myTable = initTable[int, string]()
+  myTable[4] = "four"
+  myTable[5] = "five"
+  myTable[6] = "six"
+  myDebug(myTable) #13
+
+  var myOtherTable = {"one": 1, "two": 2, "three": 3}.toTable
+  myDebug(myOtherTable) #14
 
   echo(counter)